Previously in Wolverine: Hunting Ground, Wolverine comes across a man who is using an alien weapon to kill people with. He steps in and takes the brunt of the weapon's abuse to try to save the people. The man does not kill his son Alex and by the time the police arrive, Wolverine is forced to kill the man in order to stop him. Alex picks up the weapon and goes on a killing spree himself. Wolverine won't let the cops kill him because he can smell illness on the boy. When he catches up with Alex he has a conversation with the hive-minded virus, virus-like entity from the Microverse that desires to infect the entire human race. It sends Alex over the edge, but Wolverine saves him, however, the weapon ends up in someone else's hand and the killing continues. Eventually, Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on a helicarrier will be infected and in saving them Wolverine will lose his healing ability because of the virus.

Fury and Hank are both working on a cure for Wolverine using the remains of the virus found on the helicarrier, but for now, Wolverine is facing his own mortality in ways he hadn't imagined from simply shaving to crossing the street and almost getting hit by a cab. Of course, all of his enemies are now gunning for him. People are getting infected worldwide and those who can manufacture diseases as a mutant ability are being killed off.

There is one left: Host and the Black Panther has taken her into Wakanda. The question is has Black Panther been infected by the virus? Wolverine goes in to try to provoke the normally calm man into a fight and see if he rises to anger. When Wolverine is the one to get angry and T-Challa realizes what Wolverine is up to they join the gang which includes Storm, Dr. Victoria Frankenstein, and Nick Fury in order to free Host from an infected Wacanda and brings her with them to use her to combat the virus.

While they've been busy in Wakanda, Mystique has broken into the mansion to steal Wolverine's ancient sword and leaves behind coordinates to where he needs to go to retrieve it. He heads out, but not alone as Kitty Pryde sneaks along with him. They are attacked along the way and when they get there it's a busy mall and Sabertooth with his thirteen ninja version of the Hand are there to meet them.

This comic shows Wolverine's vulnerability and how he deals with it. He's on a razor's edge and ready to snap at any moment. The gang must also put their trust in Host and hope she can kill the virus. Also included are letters to Paul Cornell the writer from fans, some good ones, and some bad ones but all interesting. This was a fascinating book and I give it four out of five stars. ( )

Well, Wolverine still doesn’t have his healing factor after what happened in the previous TPB and that is only the start of his problems.

He’s still trying to deal with the sentient super virus from the microverse. And at the same time, someone is screwing with him as well. They send a bunch of villains after him when he goes after his sword that Mystique stole.

I really liked this TPB. I thought that the two stories went very well together and I also really, really liked the interactions between Storm, the Black Panther, and Wolverine. Cut that tension and intrigue with an adamantium claw. ( )

From the "Wolverine's lost his healing powers and his enemies have found out" setup you'd this this book would be an epic battlefest, but the authors actually thought about what lost powers meant not only physically and tactically but also emotionally, not only for Wolverine but also for his friends and allies. This one has some surprisingly sweet and bittersweet moments. ( )